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brisbane is a special place for victoria azarenka.rnament in singles, 15 years ago. now it’s not easy for belarusians to remember that triumph. to be honest, i don’t really remember. with the birth of my child, my thinking changed, and now i barely remember everything that happened before. i think many mothers will understand me. i remember exactly what it was. before that, i had five finals, which i lost, and overcoming this series here in brisbane was very cool, that victory, that first title will always be special for me, 2009 was special for azarrenka, but 2016 will also be remembered, because it was in brisbane that victoria took her first title after returning from maternity leave, now the belarusian has taken a step forward. this season we will have to defend not only titles, but also ranking points. the current winner of the competition in brisbane met with giulini in the third round and more than confidently beat the chinese, losing only one game, 6:1, 6:0. the eighteenth racket of the world is russian daria kasatkina, sabale

brisbane is a special place for victoria azarenka.that the world tennis elite won its first tournament. vta singles, 15 years ago. now it is no longer easy to remember that belarusian triumph. to be honest, i don’t really remember. with the birth of my child, my thinking changed, and now i barely remember everything that happened before. i think many mothers will understand me. i definitely am i remember that this was my first title in my career. you won't forget this. before this i had five finals that i lost and overcome this series here in brisbane. it was very cool, that victory, that first title will always be special for me, 2009 was special for azarenka, but 2016 will also be remembered, because it was in brisbane that victoria took the first title after returning from maternity leave. now the belarusian team is one step closer to repeating the success of eight years ago. in the third round of the competition, our tennis player calmly passed the frenchwoman clara burel. impressive hit percentage. the first serve was performed b

wt500 in brisbane with prize money of almost $2 million. in her first match on the australian courts, the minsk resident surpassed the russian anna kalinskaya. details and confrontations in the plot of alexander yakubovsky. celebrating the new year in australia is a common thing for tennis players, because it is here, but not in brisbane, in in melbourne, the first grand slam tournament of the season , the australian open, will begin in mid-january. and before that, serious preparation for it. by the way, two. zazarenka last won the australian open 11 years ago. and this is footage of victoria’s fight with russian anna kolinskaya. despite her opponent’s rating, she is eightieth in the planetary table, and the belarusian is 23. experts assessed the chances of winning as equal, but in the first set azarenka will give up only one game to kalinskaya , ending it with a confident victory 6:1. again vika is at the net, well , she ends this set with her favorite drive, our tennis player will start the second set with a break, and the russian woman

sabalenka's next opponent in brisbane.ver the ocean. dropped to ninth place in the east in the nhl regular season, the capitals missed out ahead of their direct competitor for a place in the stanley cup playoffs, new jersey. that night, the devils won 6:3 in a head-to-head confrontation. alexey protos spent just over 13 minutes on the ice for the townspeople. our striker did not show any effective actions; the vybsk player made one shot at the opponent’s goal, once blocked an opponent’s shot, and made two losses. and lost both face-offs, the final utility coefficient is -2. the new year's break did not do any good; the russian regular championship resumed with four matches. volleyball, minsk at the uruchye sports palace hosted a team from the top five of the tournament table, dynamo akbars from kazan. in none of the sets did our girls even manage to reach the mark of 20 successful plays. the result of the games is 0:3. this defeat was for the squad. the teams are different in level , it’s like we need to look at this objec

but in his defeat at the brisbane international, he picked up a new injury.ller is in australia, and explained nadal�*s latest setback. i think that is why the posts from rafael nadal on social media is relatively upbeat. very sorry to be flying home and not being able to compete in the australian open given that this could well be his final year on tour, but he describes it as a small tear in a muscle in his hip, so that is the area that was affected last year and require the operation injune, but it is not exactly the same area, so it is not the same concern, and it is fairly minor, it isjust the same concern, and it is fairly minor, it is just too serious to be able to allow him to practice properly in melbourne this week and then to compete over five sets against the very best players in the world, so i don't think there was any choice for nadal, he couldn't play the australian open and is having to fly home but he will be hoping he is back on the practice courts before too long, trying to continue the momentum he started to build here in australia. the c

in the brisbane tournament bracket, the athletes were confidently approaching the semi-final meeting other. and victoria azarenka was the first to make it to the 1/2 finals early in the morning. the twenty-third racket of the world defeated the representative of latvia, elena ostapenko, in a three-set match. the first set went to our tennis player 6:3. in the second , ostapinka won with a similar score, but in the decisive game. the meeting on the australian courts lasted 2 hours 30 minutes, azarenka scored 14 aces, two double faults and four break points. the second belarusian athlete arina sabalenka needed two sets to win, the girl knocked out... we remember, this will be the fifth head-to-head match for the athletes, so far the score in the personal series is 3:1 in sabalenka's favor. sports fans get ready. hockey players of the belarusian national team yegor sharongovich and alexey protas are very good in the current nhl season, and we can support our guys in voting for the all-star match of the strongest league in the world. the premier holo-show for sports fans will be held in

and it's an unhappy new yearfor andy murray in the first round of the brisbane international.s for your company. 16 years old and into the semi finals of the world darts championship. if luke littler�*s impressive run at alexandra palace became the story to round off 2023 — could he go all the way and write a chapter in the 2024 fable that could be tough to top? on his world championship debut — he breezed past brendan dolan to reach the last four where even his opponent that's won the tournament before admits, littler will be the favourite. we'll start sportsday with this report from matt graveling. ladies and gentlemen, luke littler! in three days he could be world champion. in three days he could be world champion-— in three days he could be world champion. in three days he could be world chamion. . , ., ., ., champion. littler has averaging a hundred pretty — champion. littler has averaging a hundred pretty much _ champion. littler has averaging a hundred pretty much every - champion. littler has averaging a| hundred pretty much every game. champion. littler has averaging

fog that tournament in brisbane was won by grigor dimitrov. more than six dimitrov beat holger rune, a player in the world's top five aand12 years his junior to win the final in straight sets. it was tighter than the scoreline suggests the first set went to a tie—break and there was just one break of serve in the second. an emotional dimitrov said as he lifted the trophy "it's been a while since i held one of these" my love affair started 11 years ago out here in brisbane and it continues. i am very thankful that i am able to play in front of you guys and lift the trophy again. it means a lot to me for so many different reasons. i want to say thank you to my team. my parents are not here, they had to rush to the airport, so it's a shame they are not here, but i will send them a picture. laughter meanwhile elena rybakina reversed the result of last year's australian open final, beating aryna sabalenka convincingly to take the title in the women's event in brisbane. the former wimbledon champion ended sabalenka's15—match winning streak on austra

my love affair started 11 years ago out here in brisbane and it continues. many different reasons. i want to say thank you to my team. my parents are not here, they had to rush to the airport, so it's a shame they are not here, but i will send them a picture. laughter coco gauff has shown why she's one of the favourites to win the australian open. the us open champion, still only 19, came from a set down to beat elina svitolina and retain her auckland classic title. meanwhile elena rybakina reversed the result of last year's australian open final, beating aryna sabalenka convincingly to take the title in the women's event in brisbane. the former wimbledon champion ending sabalenka's 15—match winning streak on australian soil and promising afterwradrs to match her on court improvements with her performance in front of the cameras. honestly, guys, i don't enjoy this part of ourjob so much. best of all, i may be did not get as much attention as other players and still, ifi attention as other players and still, if i have to do some kind of stuff outside of the c

here in brisbane, in the pat rafter arena, rafael nadal was spectacularly good as he beat dominic thiemhits. it was an exceptionally good performance, one swallow does not make a summer, nadal said. he knows he needs to back it up game after game, match after match. as he returns to the tour after a hip operation injune. as for emma raducanu in auckland, she was very encouraging. she won a very tight match, against the qualifier, only to have her serve broken twice. she managed to win the deciding set 7.5. she's on court for two and a half hours. she served pretty well for much of the match. it was an encouraging return for a woman who used to be the british number one, but returns at 301 in the world rankings. a couple who have been rehoming retired and injured race horses say the animals can have meaningful lives after they've finished competing. pam and kevin atkinson run a charity near york in england that takes horses that others find too challenging and retrain them for a variety of purposes, including offering comfort to patients in hospices. 0livia richwald reports. i just love

he had three match points to take his place in the semifinals in brisbane and he is now not getting toolatest setback. what we do not know yet is whether he will be able to spend enough time on court to build up their match counts that he will require if he will be as competitive as he would like to be a bit later in the year, especially on the clay—court season. the masters snooker is under way in london and there was an upset in the opening match, with the world champion luca brecel going out in the first round. the belgian second seed was beaten by six frames to two by england's jack lisowski at alexandra palace. lisowski was 4—0 up before brecel pulled two frames back, but lisowski rallied to win and book his place in the quarterfinals. lisowski will now face the 2015 masters champion shaun murphy. murphy also won by 6 frames to 2 agianst chinese debutatant zhang anda, who's the world number 13. murphy is currently ranked world number 6. ethiopia's tigist ketema has broken the world record for the fastest marathon debut by a woman. the 25—year—old won the dubai marathon in 2 hours 1

it may not be events that you witnessed this week in brisbane - open.plays on after this year. but still, this is perhaps —— rafa nadal. who says he's not sure things will end for him. he says he's not sure things will end for him. . , says he's not sure things will end for him. .,, . ., ., ,., for him. he was quite clear about that when i _ for him. he was quite clear about that when i spoke _ for him. he was quite clear about that when i spoke to _ for him. he was quite clear about that when i spoke to him - for him. he was quite clear about that when i spoke to him the - for him. he was quite clear about | that when i spoke to him the other day. he was explaining his argument, when he said this is probably going to be as last year on tour he was talking about probability. i don't know if he is a mathematician but if you're a year out this is the year he turns 30 a, how is the body going to respond? if the hip is fine that he's got this chronic foot problem and issues with his knees, hejust thinks the odds are after one more season that he would be de

player on the comeback trail is naomi osaka, but the four—time grand slam champion is out of the brisbanelly high quality match — she took the first set against former world number one karolina pliskova, but the czech fought back to take the next two to set up a clash with third seed, jelena ostapenko, in the last 16. and it was a comfortable start for world number one aryna sabalenka in her opening match of the season in brisbane — she tookjust 58 minutes to reach the last 16, beating italy's lucia bronzetti in straight sets, 6—3, 6—0. brighton manager roberto de zerbi has praised his side's "very smart game" after keeping a first premier league clean sheet of the season, in a 0—0 draw at west ham. it's the 4th clean sheet in a row for the hammers, who stay sixth, while it's brighton's first for 2h games. the point moves the seagulls into seventh place, above manchester united, while west ham are three points further ahead. david moyes�*s side were without key players — including mohammed kudus. he was made unavailable as he's off to the africa cup of nations, even though the tournament

elsewhere in brisbane, naomi 0saka said she was proud of herself for winning her first match back afteron is playing in herfirst tournament since giving birth to her daughter. 0saka beat the unseeded german tamara korpatsch 6—3, 7—6 to set up a meeting with karolina pliskova at the brisbane international. speaking of having babies, the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova has revealed she is expecting her first child and won't be playing in the australian open. kvitova was scheduled to play in the tournament, but did not take part in the qualifiers or travel to melbourne. the 33—year—old married her coach, jiri vanek, last year and announced her news on social media, saying she was "looking "forward to spending some time at home while preparing for this "exciting next chapter" in her life. back to football now. the january transfer window has opened in england, germany and france, while the window in spain and italy opens on tuesday. already, dutch midfielder donny van der beek has joined eintracht frankfurt on loan from manchester united. the bundesliga club have an option to make

tennis and disappointment for andy murray who is out of the brisbane international, losing in the firstond seed came from behind to win the next two sets 7—5, 6—2. murray is scheduled to play the kooyong classic next week ahead of the australian open. elsewhere in brisbane, naomi 0saka said she was proud of herself for winning her first match back after 15 months away from professional tennis. the four—time grand slam champion is playing in herfirst tournament since giving birth to her daughter. 0saka beat the unseeded german tamara korpatsch 6—3, 7—6 to set up a meeting with karolina pliskova at the brisbane international. over in perth, world number one iga swiatek has helped poland become the first nation into the quarter finals of the united cup. she won her singles rubber against spain's sara sorribes tormo before combining with hubert hurkacz to breeze through the mixed doubles. against sorribes tormo and alejandro davidovich fokina, the duo didn't even drop a game to give poland a 2—1victory over spain and confirm their spot at the top of group a. to football now and liverpool ca

tennis and disappointment for andy murray who is out of the brisbane international, losing in the firstdimitrov. but the second seed came from behind to win the next two sets 7—5, 6—2. murray is scheduled to play the kooyong classic next week ahead of the australian open. elsewhere in brisbane, naomi 0saka said she was proud of herself for winning her first match back after 15 months away from professional tennis. the four—time grand slam champion is playing in herfirst tournament since giving birth to her daughter. 0saka beat the unseeded german tamara korpatsch 6—3, 7—6 to set up a meeting with karolina pliskova at the brisbane international. speaking of having babies. the two time wimbledon champion petra kvitova has revealed she is expecting her first child and won't be playing in the australian open. kvitova was scheduled to play in the tournament, but did not take part in the qualifiers or travel to melbourne. the 33—year—old married her coach jiri vanek last year and announced her news on social media, saying she was "looking forward to spending some time at home while preparing

and a smashing return to action — rafael nadal is through to the quarterfinals of the brisbane international welcome to the program. the magic of the fa cup was perhaps in short supply as ten—man everton drew 0—0 at crystal palace on thursday. the third round tie was overshadowed by a controversial var intervention. joe wilson reports. almost as old as football itself — the fa cup, not roy hodgson. definitely third round—weather. both managers picked strong teams. everton began with some purpose, especially danjuma. henderson's hand saved crystal palace there. it was important that palace took advantage of opportunities like free kicks. hit the target, eh? everton have been hoping that dominic calvert—lewin will rediscover his best goal—scoring form — not here. calvert—lewin was trying, competing for the ball. anything to see there? well, there was, once var slowed it down and replayed it, and perceived enough contact from studs for a straight red card. that is cup football in 202a. what else? well, dwight mcneil was stretchered off. berto and anderson had a kind of wrestle — no everton pena

two impressive comebacks by players who have been out for nearly a year in brisbane in the arena, rafael exceptionally good performance, one nadal has said he knows it's about matching it up. as for emma raducanu, that was very encouraging. she won a very encouraging. she won a very tight match having served for the match at 5—2 against alayna russo. she managed to win that 7—5. she was on court for two and a half hours and served pretty well for much of the match. it was a very encouraging return for a woman who used to be the british number one, but returned that 301 in the world rankings after nearly nine months out. a couple who have been re—homing retired and injured race horses say the animals can have meaningful lives after they've finished competing. pam and kevin atkinson run a charity near york, in england, that takes horses that others find too challenging and retrain them for a variety of purposes, including offering comfort to patients in hospices. 0livia richwald reports. good boy. i just love horses. i love thoroughbreds in particular. they're just so intelligent, they're

elsewhere in brisbane, naomi 0saka said she was proud of herself for winning her first match back afterrand slam champion is playing in herfirst tournament since giving birth to her daughter. 0saka beat the unseeded german tamara korpatsch 6—3, 7—6 to set up a meeting with karolina pliskova at the brisbane international. speaking of having babies, the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova has revealed she is expecting her first child and won't be playing in the australian open. kvitova was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but did not take part in the qualifiers or travel to melbourne. the 33—year—old married her coach, jiri vanek, last year and announced her news on social media, saying she was, "looking forward to spending some time at home while preparing "for this exciting next chapter in her life." over in perth, world number one iga swiatek has helped poland become the first nation into the quarter—finals of the united cup. she won her singles rubber against spain's sara sorribes tormo, before combining with hubert hurkacz to breeze through the mixed doubles. against s

playing jordan thompson in quarterfinals of brisbane international he took the first set 7-5.as an equally tight affair and read all the way to the tie—break, with the australian eventually winning it 8—6. in the third and decisive set, serve has been broken, thompson leads 4—1. aryna sabalenka looked impressive ahead of her australian open title defence. she strolled into the semifinals in brisbane with a straight sets win over daria kasatkina, the numberfive — it was her 14th straight win on austrlian soil. she'll face victoria azarenka next. australia bowlerjosh hazlewood took three wickets in an over as pakistan suffered a batting collapse on day three of the third test in sydney. pakistan had bowled the hosts out for 299 but hazlewood struck in penultimate over, first removing saud shakeel. sajid khan followed two balls later before he rounded off his trio of wickets by taking salman agha. that left the tourists on 68—7 in their second innings — a lead of 82 runs. australia have already taken the series, after winning the first two tests. in the big bash, adelaide striker

nadalwas year in brisbane in the pat rafter arena. was very good as he beat dominic thiem 7—5, 6—1, reeling off many of his greatest hits in the first few games of the match alone, an exceptionally good performance, but nadal says it is about backing it up and improve week after week match after match after he recovers from a hip operation lastjune. as for emma raducanu, that was also very encouraging. she won a very tight match after twice serving for it at 5—2 in the third set, only to have her serve broken twice, she managed to win that deciding set 7—5. she was on court 2.5 hours and she served pretty well for much of the match and it was a very encouraging return for a woman who used to be the british number one but returns at 301 in the world rankings after nearly nine months out. meanwhile, the current world number one novak djokovic beat jiri lehecka at the united cup — but his victory wasn't straightforward. djokovic won the match in three sets to draw serbia level with the czech republic — but suffered with a wrist injury an

in the final tennis match brisbane, australia, grigor dimitrov of bulgaria defeated the danish belg roone 2-0 and became the champion, and the famous spanish tennis player rafael nadal lost the chance to participate in the first grand slam of the season, the australian open, due to illness in the brisbane tournament. thank you for the companion. goodbye. in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful, greetings to you, dear viewers, dear and respected compatriots , we are in egypt. the news will inform you at 18:00 on the 93rd day of the war against gaza . the palestinian ministry of health in gaza has reported an increase in the number of martyrs in this region to 2,285 people. informed. 58,316 people were injured became the gaza ministry of health announced that 12 crimes were committed in the gaza strip in the last 24 hours, resulting in the martyrdom of 113 people and the wounding of 250 people. in attack

roman's next opponent at the brisbane tournament will be italian mateo arnaldi.orning. that's all about sports for now, see you in our next issues. in moscow it is as cold as in antarctica, the worst new year frosts in recent decades did not hit the russian plain, it became extremely cold in the south of siberia when the cold will reach its peak and whether we can expect christmas frosts in the center of russia. this is weather, a joint project of the russia-24 tv channel and the fobys center. i'm ekaterina. hello. the geography of frosts is expanding, and they themselves are intensifying. in the leningrad region, amid cold weather, wires are burning and sparking due to the heavy load on the power grid. in the lomanosovsky district , 250 houses were left without electricity and heating for more than a day. due to the new year's frosts, emergency crews have to work almost around the clock. from december 31 to january 2, the region experienced more than 50 outages. the temperature in the leningrad region dropped to -30. and 6°. against the backdrop of a sharp cold

to an end there in the brisbane international.— to an end there in the brisbane international.the second round, but— international. yes, ended up the second round, but i _ international. yes, ended up the second round, but i think- international. yes, ended up the second round, but i think she - international. yes, ended up the| second round, but i think she will be delighted with the two matches she has played, she their against her opponent in straight sets in her opening match and was today, winning this title more than anybody else, or upon instrument she is a three—time champion. she, like osaka, is a well number one, and it was a fantastic match. at that would've been a quarterfinal or semi—quarterfinal, he wouldn't have had any complaints. there is almost nothing between them. one more point than osaka, and the difference really, was her ability to say ten to 12 break points, that big servant of hers very, very handy and she won the deciding set 6—4. again, you just have to be in awe of how well osaka explained plain, having had a baby injuly. very powerful but very cons

. >> disappointment for andy murray, who is out of the brisbane international, losing the first roundid start well, but the second seed came from behind to win the next two sets. he is scheduled to play next week ahead of the australian open. elsewhere, naomi osaka said she was proud of herself after she won her first match back following 50 months away from the professional game. the four time grand slam champion is playing in her first tournament since giving birth to her daughter. a psaki won 6-3, 706, setting up a meeting at the brisbane internationa petra kvitova has revealed that she is expecting her first child and won't be playing at the australian open. she was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but she didn't play in the qualifiers or travel to melbourne. the the 30 three-year-old married her coach last year and announce her news on social media, saying she was looking forward to spending some time at home while preparing for this exciting next chapter in her life. over in paris, the world number one iga swiatek has helped poland become the first nation to the world c

and at the brisbane international, the former wimbledon champion, elena rybakina handed aryna sabalenkaalenka's is—match winning streak on australian soil. avenging her defeat in melbourne a year ago. there are eight more games to come in the english fa cup on sunday, with premier league sides unscathed so far in the third round. could there be an upset across the coming hours? luton, manchester city, nottingham forest and west ham are all at home to lower league opposition, whilst west brom of the championship face non—league aldershot town. the pick of the games is at the emirates, where arsenal play liverpool. they're battling for the premier league title too, but what do both managers say? it is special for me and i have so many memories of playing against them and that is because they are a top side so it requires a big operation and a lot of detail in everything that we have to do. that was proven again a week ago when we played them at anfield, for both teams. if we want to win these games, we want _ if we want to win these games, we want to— if we want to win these games, we wan

elsewhere in brisbane, naomi 0saka's return after 15 months away was a winning one.tournament since giving birth to her daughter shai. she defeated the unseeded german tamara korpatsch 6—3 7—6 to set up a meeting with karolina pliskova. it felt really amazing and i think it is something you don't know you miss until you are away from it. it was really incredible to see so many little kids out there. for me, i didn't care too much... well, that's a lie, but the process of it all, i know i trained really hard during the off—season and i think it's one of those things where i feel i'm playing well enough so it will come eventually. over in perth, world number one iga swiatek has helped poland become the first nation into the quarter finals of the united cup. she won her singles rubber against spain's sara sorribes tormo before combining with hubert hurkacz to breeze through the mixed doubles. against sorribes tormo and alejandro davidovich fokina, the duo didn't even drop a game to give poland a 2—1victory over spain and confirm their spot at the top of group a. liverpo

roman's next opponent at the tournament in brisbane will be an italian. to brazil, but on a lease basisd international from the city of porto allegri agreed on the transfer of the football player. the agreement will be valid until the end of the brazilian football season of the twenty-fourth year. let me remind you that robert renan moved to st. petersburg less than a year ago in february of last twenty-three . as part of zenit, the brazilian played 17 matches, became the national champion and won the russian super cup, and in the match for the super cup against cska, it was renand who scored decisive penalty. that's all about sports for now, see you next hour. start the year with profitable purchases at the megamarket, there will be a discount. buy it. electronics with cashback up to 50%. this have not happened before. russian cold. 150 g of unprecedented, rich taste. in one glass, try a real russian cold ice cream, great, incredible taste, than looking at it 100 times, it’s better to twirl, twirl, twirl once only after confirming payment, before february 4, order savita delivery from

roman's next opponent at the tournament in brisbane will be italian mateo arnaldi.ake place early tomorrow morning. and again football, transfer news of the russian premier league. brazilian defender of zenit robert rennan returns to brazil, but... on loan. zenit and international from the city of porto alegre agreed on the transfer of the football player. the agreement will be valid until the end of the twenty-fourth brazilian season of the year. let me remind you that robert renan moved to st. petersburg less than a year ago in february of last twenty-three. the brazilian played 17 matches with zenit, won the national championship and the russian super cup. moreover, in the super cup match against cska, it was renand who scored the decisive penalty. that's all about sports for now, see you next hour. pairs scandinavian burger scandinavian burger with chicken at a bargain price, only at a delicious point. start the year with profitable purchases at the megamarket, there will be a discount. buy tablets for siinergetic dishwashers for only 799 rubles. so that you rem

wta500 in brisbane, australia, a young russian woman, for the first time in her career , reached thenals of tournaments under the auspices of wta. mira andreeva defeated the representative of australia, arina radionova, 61-61 in just one hour. during the match, andreeva took her opponent’s serve five times and never gave up her own serve. in addition to mir andreeva , two more russians reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in brisbane: daria kasatkina and anastasia potapova. st. petersburg zenit announced the signing of two newcomers. two more brazilians joined sergei semak’s team. eighteen-year-old striker pedro moves from corinthians to zenit. footballer, graduate of corinthians. and the striker began his career with mini-football. as part of the brazilian youth team , the zenit newcomer became the champion of south america last year. pedro is expected to arrive in st. petersburg on january 12. and another zenit newcomer is defender nino, a 27-year-old football player who moves to st. petersburg from rio deaneiro, from the fluminense club. the contract runs until the twenty-e

nadal looked like he'd never been away as he eased past dominic thiem in the first round of the brisbaneile emma raducanu also won herfirst match back on the court in auckland — after 259 days out with injury. our tennis correspondent russell fuller watched both matches. two impressive comebacks from players who have been out nearly a year in brisbane in the pat rafter arena. nadal was very good as he beat dominic thiem 7—5, 6—1, reeling off many of his greatest hits in the first few games of the match alone, an exceptionally good performance, but nadal says it is about backing it up and improve week after week match after match after he recovers from a hip operation lastjune. as for emma raducanu, that was also very encouraging. she won a very tight match after twice serving for it at 5—2 in the third set, only to have her serve broken twice, she managed to win that deciding set 7—5. she was on court 2.5 hours and she served pretty well for much of the match and it was a very encouraging return for a woman who used to be the british number one but returns at 301 in the world rankings af

and by nadal after three match points in the court affirmed defeat in brisbane open.t was his third match since returning to action after a year out with a hip injury. the spaniard would close to sealing street sense of victory but eventually lost 5—7, 7—6 to thompson who will not face brought number 1a in the semifinals. the question now is whether the doll will be ready in time for the australian open on sunday. —— nadal. time for the australian open on sunday. -- nadal._ time for the australian open on sunday. -- nadal. what we want and it's, let sunday. -- nadal. what we want and it's. let us — sunday. -- nadal. what we want and it's, let us wait _ sunday. -- nadal. what we want and it's, let us wait and _ sunday. -- nadal. what we want and it's, let us wait and another - sunday. -- nadal. what we want and it's, let us wait and another didn't . it's, let us wait and another didn't talk about this kind of stuff and it's a day to be happy congratulate the opponent in the next couple of days, we will see how i feel and if i do not feel well, we will do a test and we

light to moderate rain from san francisco heading down towards brisbane and in the north bay. it is steady rain right now across highway 101 from san rafael to green beret. as we look down towards the south bay, there are some showers right around the santa cruz mountains and between morgan hill and gilroy. we are seeing that wet weather area of low pressure off the coast. some lightning strikes off the northern california coast just in the last couple of hours. that cold low pressure system will come in once the front passes, and that's why we have the opportunity for some thunderstorms. so as we go hour by hour, you will notice some downpours at times heading into 8 p.m, 10 p.m. periods of heavy rain as well. and this continues at 11:00 as at this time as well. so gusts right now 23 at oakland, hayward 26 over the higher terrain. we do have stronger winds right now 44 on mount diablo, 40 on mount eminem. here's a look at the storm impact scale. it is a one for tonight. rain. briefly heavy at times. breezy to gusty. south surf builds, and there's a slight chance of thunder. i

zarenko starts the new year with a victory; belarus played her first match in 2024 on the courts of brisbanein the second round of the bta 500 series tournament she defeated the russian anna kalinskaya, 6:1 in the first set, and in. victoria was left with a tense tiebreaker in second place. 10:8 its result. the fight lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes; in the 18th final , azarinka will meet either angelina kalinina or the winner of the first round of the confrontation between zeyneb sanmes and clara burel. 47 timobile park stadium attracted a sold out crowd. traditional regular season match there was quite a stir at the nhl's outdoor winter classic. local seattle hosted reigning stanley cup champion vegas and celebrated. well, friends, have you decorated all the christmas trees, bought tangerines, are you expecting miracles? i think so, because it’s new year’s eve, while you’re all cutting up your salads and cooling the champagne, i, masha bogatyr, have prepared a special route for you in a new way. and the capital, and my name is vika poplevshchenkova and today i am preparing to celebrate the ne

aryna sabalenka started the wta500 tournament in brisbane with a victory with a prize fund of almost $2 million. the second racket of the world in the second round match defeated lucea bronsette from italy in two sets in 58 minutes 6:3 6:0. the minsk resident played well against podache, performing eight aces, making only one double fault and showing good execution of breakpoints, four out of five attempts. belarus will play the 1/8 final match at the tournament tomorrow against ju ling from china at the central court last launch. the battle will begin no earlier than 13:00 belarusian time. let us remember that last year sabalenka took the title in brezban. and after her victory today, arina addressed local fans. i’m glad to be back on these courts, i have a lot of good memories, i will do everything to repeat the success this season. victoria zarenka is also competing at the tournament in brisbon; the menchanka’s opponent in the third round is the frenchwoman clara burel. the game will take place tomorrow at 4:00 am, first launch. yegor sharangovich's first score in the new year hel

meanwhile in the women's event in brisbane, world number one aryna sabalenka will face elena rybakkinach sabalenka won. and us open champion coco gauff is still on course to retain her auckland classic title. she'll face elina svitolina in the final. they all, of course, have their eyes on a bigger prize in melbourne. and for the first time, the opening grand slam of the season will start on a sunday. the first round is played over three days, not two days, so you take away the intense pressure that you have of either matches finishing late or inclement weather challenging it. so also to get free weekends in. so now people that work have an opportunity to come and start an event on a sunday rather than a monday, to have a massive opening on a sunday night will be something special. you can follow all of the sport on our website and our app, but it is back to you, lucy. in bangladesh, prime minister sheikh hasina seems almost certain to win a fourth succesive term in office in sunday's election. her goverment rejected calls for an interim caretaker admistration to oversee the ballot, an

brisbane will face the sydney sixers in wednesday's final.ainst england. the former skipper has told the indian cricket board that �*certain personal situations demand his presence and undivided attention". the series starts in hyderabad on thursday, the bbc�*s chief cricket writer stephan shemilt is there for us an i asked him how damaging this is for the hosts. it's not just it's notjust the runs he has scored, nearly 9000 of them, and 29 test 100s, scored, nearly 9000 of them, and 29 test100s, if scored, nearly 9000 of them, and 29 test 100s, if stresses presence in that in that india side. virat kohli is their personification of indian cricket, everything he brings with the bat and in the field it's a massive blow for him to be missing for the first two tests against england. in glenn's task is still a huge one. no one has won a test series in this country since 2012, and if england are going to make a dent in india, one of the things, and a key factor, can england's inexperienced bowling attack, particularly their spinners, inexperienced

elsewhere in brisbane, naomi 0saka's return after 15 months away was a winning one.ghter shai. she defeated the unseeded german tamara korpatsch 6—3 7—6 to set up a meeting with karolina pliskova. it felt really amazing and i think it is something you don't know you miss until you are away from it. it was really incredible to see so many little kids out there. for me, i didn't care too much... well, that's a lie, but the process of it all, i know i trained really hard during the off—season and i think it's one of those things where i feel i'm playing well enough so it will come eventually. 0ne premier league game on monday as the festive schedule continues in england. it's a big one too with leaders liverpool hosting newcastle united. jurgen klopp's side haven't lost to newcastle at anfield in the league since 1994 and can go three points clear at the top with a win. the liverpool boss is wary about the busy fixture list catching up with both sets of players. you played five games in 13 days, it's insane. but now it's about using that recovery time because the next g

emma raducanu won herfirst brisbane international. her first match back on the court in auckland after 259 days out with injury. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller watched both matches. two impressive comebacks by players who had been out for nearly a year here in the arena. rafael nadal good as he beat dominic 75, 61. he wheeled off beneath his greatest hits in the first two games of the batch alone. he was exceptionally good of performance, one swallow does not make a summer. you notice about trying to back it up, game, match after match week after week after he returns to the tour after a hip operation lastjune. as for emma raducanu, very encouraging as well. winning a tight match having twice served for the match 5—2 against qualifier russo only to have her serve broken twice. she won the deciding set 7—5 on court for 2.5 hours. she served well for much of the match. it was a very encouraging return as well for a woman who used to be the british number one, but returns at 301 in world rankings after nine months out. that is p

i recently played in brisbane and it's very humid, so it's not that bad in melbourne.enka took the first game quite easily, giving her opponent just one game at the very beginning. in the second set, everything was decided in the ninth game. victoria missed hers. the dacha allowed georgie to even the score in games. in the decisive third set, which by the way turned out to be the longest, took a little over an hour, azarenka scored a break in the fourth game and did not lose her initiative anymore, winning the match from the second match point. i feel like i didn't play my best tennis today, but i'm happy with the way i fought, the conditions were tough, i hit some good shots and i was able to find a way to win. the first lap of a grand slam is always nerve-wracking, i hope that they will only progress further. in the second game, camilla began to play better, and i switched to how she plays. i lost concentration, in the third set i pulled myself together and returned to myself, already thinking about how to play. thanks to this result, victoria's forty-eighth victory,

season this morning, the belarusian struck. in the third round at the wt500 series tournament in brisbane of almost $2 million. in her first match on the australian courts , the minsk resident surpassed the russian anna kalinskaya. details of the confrontation in the plot of alexander yakubovsky. celebrating the new year in australia is a common thing for tennis players, after all, it is here, but not in brisbon, in melbourne. the first grand slam tournament of the season , the australian open, will begin in mid-january. and before that, serious preparation. there is no need to expect new signings for two reasons: the first is that the team is already working, the second is a question. finance, head coach of hockey vitebsk, roman yupatov, in an exclusive interview with the film crew of a television news agency, said that the bears are already working on the playoffs of the president's cup. the northerners lost a little of their stability at the end of december, but the team still is among the leaders in the tournament table, so the bears are only two points behind first place. during the